South West Community Development Council

Coordinates: 1°19′N 103°43′E / 1.317°N 103.717°E

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South West Community Development Council

Type
Type	Local authority of the South West District
Leadership
Mayor	Low Yen Ling
General Manager	Dulcie Eng
Website
www.cdc.gov.sg/southwest/

The South West Community Development Council is one of five Community Development Councils (CDCs) set up across the Republic of Singapore to aid in local administration of governmental policies and schemes. They are funded in part by the government although they are free to engage in fund-raising activities.

The South West Community Development Council (CDC) was formed on 24 November 2001. Spanning the south-western region of Singapore, covering a third of its land area. The District has about 220,000 households with over 750,000 residents. The District has a characteristically high concentration of industrial estates, including the Jurong Islands and Tuas area.

Constituencies

As of March 2020, the South West district covers:

Single Member Constituency (SMC)

Group Representation Constituency (GRC)

Chua Chu Kang GRC
- Brickland
- Bukit Gombak
- Chua Chu Kang
- Keat Hong
Jurong GRC
- Jurong Central
- Jurong Spring
- Taman Jurong
- Clementi
- Bukit Batok East
West Coast GRC
- Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh
- Boon Lay
- Nanyang
- Telok Blangah
- West Coast

Mayors

The incumbent Mayor of South West District is MP for Chua Chu Kang GRC Low Yen Ling from the People's Action Party since 2014.

#	Name	Start of term	End of term	Political Party
1	Yu-Foo Yee Shoon	November 2001	August 2004	People's Action Party
2	Amy Khor	12 August 2004	26 May 2014
3	Low Yen Ling^[1]	27 May 2014	Incumbent

References

^ "Many Singaporeans feel CDC mayor salaries are 'outrageous': Pritam Singh". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-08-10.

External links

South West Community Development Council

v t e CDC Districts of Singapore
See also: Community Development Council (CDC)
Current CDCs	Central Singapore North East North West South East South West
Lists of past CDCs	1997–2001 2001–2006 2006–2011 2011–2015

1°19′N 103°43′E / 1.317°N 103.717°E / 1.317; 103.717

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